Microsoft publishes Defender guidelines to help users enable key security features

CTOnews.com, May 4, Microsoft recently released two security guidelines for Microsoft Defender, which are Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. The two guides are designed to help users make full use of these two services to improve office and network security.

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is a security service integrated into the user's Office 365 subscription plan to protect users from threats such as emails, attachments and links, as well as collaboration tools such as Teams, Outlook and SharePoint.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a comprehensive terminal security solution that protects against complex ransomware and national attacks, protecting different network devices and operating systems such as Android, Windows, iOS and macOS. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint offers both P1 and P2 plans.

These two guides briefly introduce the five core functions of the two services, so that users can better understand and use Microsoft's security solutions.

CTOnews.com comes with two pictures of the guide:

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 functional Guide:

Event and alert management

Attack simulation and training activities

Automatic investigation and response trigger

Scan using secure links

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint functional Guide:

Define human response actions

Explore automatic investigation

Enable endpoint reporting and policy settings

Participate in advanced threat search

Choose the active or passive mode of antivirus